Boeing Awarded Contract For 16 P-8A Patrol Aircrafts

US Navy P-8 U.S. Navy awarded Boeing a $2.4 billion contract for 16 additional P-8A aircrafts bolstering its maritime patrol capabiliti...

US Navy P-8

U.S. Navy awarded Boeing a $2.4 billion contract for 16 additional P-8A aircrafts bolstering its maritime patrol capabilities, marking the transition to full rate production.The order will take the total fleet to 53.


Overall, US Navy plans to induct 117 P-8As to replace its Lockheed Martin built P-3 Orion fleet. Boeing has delivered 13 P-8As to the Navy, which deployed its first patrol squadron to Kadena, Japan in December 2013.

Based on Boeing's Next-Generation 737-800 commercial airplane, the P-8A will enhance the anti-submarine, anti-surface warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. Boeing assembles the P-8A aircraft in the same facility where it builds all its 737 aircraft.

The Poseidon team uses a first-in-industry in-line production process that draws on Boeing's Next-Generation 737 system and has resulted in cost and schedule savings. Boeing's industry team includes CFM International, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Spirit AeroSystems, BAE Systems and GE Aviation.